SEEDS

Crow's Theatre

February 18 - March 10, 2012
Tickets: $10 - $35

Seeds is arresting documentary theatre chronicling the 4-year legal battle between Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser and biotech giant Monsanto Inc. Based on court trial transcripts and interviews with all the players, including, Schmeiser, Monsanto representatives, farmers, academics, lawyers and scientists from across Canada, Seeds takes us behind the scenes of the battle for the future of food.

In 2004 Annabel Soutar began to research the case of Monsanto Inc. versus Percy Schmeiser. Monsanto accused Schmeiser of growing their genetically patented Round-up Ready canola seeds on his property without paying the licensing fee they require. By taking us through a suspenseful labyrinth of legal conflicts regarding patent rights, scientific showdowns about GM food, and property clashes between farmers and the biotechnology industry – Seeds asks an essential question – can you patent a living thing? Or as Percy famously asked, "who owns life?". This landmark trial not only brought this question before the Supreme Court, but also garnered Schmeiser attention from around the world.

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Written by: Annabel Soutar
Directed by: Chris Abraham

Featuring: Bruce Dinsmore, Mariah Inger, Alex Ivanovici, Tanja Jacobs, Cary Lawrence, Eric Peterson and Liisa Repo-Martell

Stage Managed by: Chad Dembski
Set and Costume Design by: Julie Fox
Lighting Design by: Ana Cappelluto
Sound Design by: Richard Feren
Video Design by: Elysha Poirier

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About Crow's Theatre
Crow's Theatre ignites passionate and enduring engagement between our audiences and artists by creating, producing and promoting unforgettable theatre that examines and illuminates the pivotal narratives of our times.

We seed projects and collaborations with artists and companies that are engaged in the examination of our culture’s pivotal narratives in ways that are direct yet complex, entertaining and challenging; a process that happily and constantly leads us to reconsider, re-imagine and redefine the possibilities of the theatre and the world that we make.

Co-Produced with Porte Parole (Montreal)
For the past 10 years, Porte Parole has created and performed 7 critically acclaimed documentary plays that have opened up a unique civic arena in Montreal: one where spectators become active and engaged citizens through the transformative power of theatre.